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Tue, Sep 23, 14 at 18:41
| I am in Dallas. We get several overnight freezes during the winter and some years we get 1-4 days long deep freeze. I am wanting to save my egg plants and bell pepper plants for next year. I have taken them out of the raised beds, cut them off about a foot above the ground, pruned the roots quite a bit and planted them in 5 gallon containers. I do not have a green house. I do have a shed which is dark. I can keep them in the garage where they will get some light though no sun. What can I do so they will make it through the winter to be re-planted again next spring? |
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| I have not attempted to overwinter eggplant plants. My thought was that I'd get better production from new plants. I'd be interest in knowing if your experiment is a success. |
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| My thought is that these are fully developed plants, if replanted next year they will be far ahead of new transplants. Don't know if any one has done this before , may be in zones 9-10. |
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- Posted by theforgottenone1013 5b/6a MI (My Page) on Wed, Sep 24, 14 at 11:16
| You might want to check out the Hot Pepper Forum. I'm pretty sure some of the people over there overwinter their pepper plants. Rodney |
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- Posted by conchitaFL 10 Hutchinson Island (My Page) on Wed, Sep 24, 14 at 12:27
| Yeah, the Hot Pepper forum is a very good idea. Lots of threads over there on overwintering. |
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- Posted by daninthedirt 8b / HZ10 Cent. TX (My Page) on Wed, Sep 24, 14 at 17:13
| Overwintering peppers works great. I leave them in the ground and protect from frost. I've got peppers on the plants when other gardeners just have small seedlings. I'd be interested to know about eggplant. Eggplants are, I believe, less tolerant of cool temperatures than peppers. Peppers just stop producing. Eggplants may actually die. Now, I have heard of eggplants dying back and then resprouting in the spring, but then you're not really ahead of where you'd bee with new seedlings. |
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| I've had eggplants and peppers live up to four years and production was better each year. Mine were outside near the brick wall of the house. I used blankets, boxes and heaters on rare cold nights. Habanero is very sensitive to cold and wet. The anaheims, jalapeño and poblanos seem sturdier. |
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